Derek Prince Ministries owes much of its origins in the Middle East. Almost immediately after his powerful experience of conversion, Derek Prince was shipped off to North Africa aboard a troop ship. Speaking of his three years in the deserts of Egypt, Libya and the Sudan, he says he was “discipled in the desert.” He studied his Bible with the same diligence and thoroughness he had applied in his academic career. After three years serving the British Army in North Africa, Derek was posted to Jerusalem. There he met and married a Danish lady, Lydia Christensen, the mother of a small children’s home. The family spoke Arabic, and Derek practiced his Arabic with them. At the same time he began teaching himself Hebrew. Together the family saw the rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948 and lived through the War of Independence. After working and ministering in many nations, Derek died in his sleep at his home in Jerusalem on the 24th of...